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416 1923—Chapter 136
Use of funds by
local tax or
special charter
districts.
Conditions justi-fying
elections on
supplying free
text-books.
Presentation of
petition for
election.
Presentation to
tax levying board.
Order for elec-tion.
Law governing
election.
Proviso : bal-lots.
Effect of election.
Purchase and
loan of books.
or any board of trustees of a special charter district in a county
not supplying free text-books, is hereliy authorized to use any
part of the local tax funds, not otherwise appropriated in
the district, to carry out the provisions of section one author-izing
said district to supply free text-liooks.
2. In the event that the county board of education, or the
board of county commissioners, or both, shall fail to provide in
the budget a sum sufficient to supply free text-books in ac-cordance
with section one of this act. or in the event that the
sum derived friim the local taxes in any local tax or special
charter district is insufficient to provide free text-books in
such district after other necessary expenses are met, the ques-tion
of supplying free text-books may be submitted to the
qualified voters in the following manner
:
Whenever the written petition of one-fourth of the qualified
voters of a county, or of a local tax or special charter district, set-ting
forth the tax rate to be levied and calling for an election to be
held upon the question of levying an additional special annual
tax with which to purchase and supply free text-books, is pre-sented
to the governing board, said board shall present the pe-tition
to the tax levying authority of said county or district, which
body shall order an election and conduct the same as near as
may be under the rules governing the election for local taxes
:
Provided, that in the election the voters shall cast a ballot on
which shall be printed or written the words. "For free text-books,"
and those who oppose shall cast a ballot on which
shall be printed or written the words "Against free text-books"
;
and if a majority of the qualified voters in said county or
district shall cast their ballots "For free text-books," the tax shall
be levied and collected as all other county or local taxes for schools
are levied and collected. It shall be the duty of the governing
body of the school to purchase books for the use of the pupils in
said county or district, and loan the same to pupils without charge
in accordance with section one of this act.
Rental of text-books.
Limit of charge.
Sec. 341. Rental of text-books.
The county board of education or the board of trustees of
any local tax district or special charter district is hereby author-ized
to rent such books to the children of any school district at
a rental price not to exceed fifty per cent of the publisher's con-tract
price with the State; and wherever books are rented that
have not been contracted for by the State, the rental price shall
not exceed fifty per cent of the publishers' list prices. (C. S. 5735.)
Rules governing
rentals.
Sec. 342. County and local boards to make rules; to use inciden-tal
expense fund.
The county board of education or the board of trustees of any
local tax district or special charter district is hereby authorized
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| Full Text | 416 1923—Chapter 136 Use of funds by local tax or special charter districts. Conditions justi-fying elections on supplying free text-books. Presentation of petition for election. Presentation to tax levying board. Order for elec-tion. Law governing election. Proviso : bal-lots. Effect of election. Purchase and loan of books. or any board of trustees of a special charter district in a county not supplying free text-books, is hereliy authorized to use any part of the local tax funds, not otherwise appropriated in the district, to carry out the provisions of section one author-izing said district to supply free text-liooks. 2. In the event that the county board of education, or the board of county commissioners, or both, shall fail to provide in the budget a sum sufficient to supply free text-books in ac-cordance with section one of this act. or in the event that the sum derived friim the local taxes in any local tax or special charter district is insufficient to provide free text-books in such district after other necessary expenses are met, the ques-tion of supplying free text-books may be submitted to the qualified voters in the following manner : Whenever the written petition of one-fourth of the qualified voters of a county, or of a local tax or special charter district, set-ting forth the tax rate to be levied and calling for an election to be held upon the question of levying an additional special annual tax with which to purchase and supply free text-books, is pre-sented to the governing board, said board shall present the pe-tition to the tax levying authority of said county or district, which body shall order an election and conduct the same as near as may be under the rules governing the election for local taxes : Provided, that in the election the voters shall cast a ballot on which shall be printed or written the words. "For free text-books," and those who oppose shall cast a ballot on which shall be printed or written the words "Against free text-books" ; and if a majority of the qualified voters in said county or district shall cast their ballots "For free text-books," the tax shall be levied and collected as all other county or local taxes for schools are levied and collected. It shall be the duty of the governing body of the school to purchase books for the use of the pupils in said county or district, and loan the same to pupils without charge in accordance with section one of this act. Rental of text-books. Limit of charge. Sec. 341. Rental of text-books. The county board of education or the board of trustees of any local tax district or special charter district is hereby author-ized to rent such books to the children of any school district at a rental price not to exceed fifty per cent of the publisher's con-tract price with the State; and wherever books are rented that have not been contracted for by the State, the rental price shall not exceed fifty per cent of the publishers' list prices. (C. S. 5735.) Rules governing rentals. Sec. 342. County and local boards to make rules; to use inciden-tal expense fund. The county board of education or the board of trustees of any local tax district or special charter district is hereby authorized |
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